as the main presidential candidates in the u.s. make their a last ditch attempts to curry favor in crucial swing states our team prepares to give the floor to those also who are running for the top job but being left out of the spotlight. good words to you in brazil lucia and syria is certainly desiring to bring the situation in create a basis for regime change russia cuba's western and arab states of encouraging the syrian opposition to step up their fight instead of looking for ways to stop the bloodshed. tear gas is fired at thousands of protesters in kuwait as a crackdown on their opposition in towns advise and golf marquees which enjoy a close friendship with the u.s. .

eleven am and their action capital you're watching our team with me. and we start with the u.s. presidential race where barack obama and mitt romney are in their last gasp dash to win votes in the so-called battleground states polls for their rivals neck and arak on forty eight percent each in the heat of an extremely tough campaign most americans for gad the actually have a bigger choice than just two candidates for minding them of the alternatives. here it is the venue for the next presidential debate with the old target of candidates in this election our studio in washington d.c. though it's not very big as you can see will make sure there is lots of room for discussion on issues that some hope don't fit into the mainstream media discourse here alternatives to obama and romney have effectively been pushed out of the.

major national debates we ask how and why they. pushed out and quite literally jule styne presidential nominee from the green party was arrested on the day of the second presidential debate between mitt romney and barack obama in mid october right outside the venue where it took place she was there protesting her exclusion from the debate we were tightly bound with plastic restraints and tied to chairs for eight hours for daring to stand up and demand open debates turn out of presidential candidates have their own debate in chicago they brought up issues which the big party candidates never came close to discussing like the legislation signed by president obama which allows the government to indefinitely detain american citizens without charge or due process it's an incredible the trail of our civil liberties and foreign policy the alternative candidates argue there's practically no difference between mitt romney and barack obama regardless of

whether or not romney gets elected or obama gets elected three things are going to happen we're going to find ourselves with a continued heightened police state in this country we're going to find ourselves continuing to militarily intervene in the world which results has resulted in hundreds of millions of enemies to this country that wouldn't otherwise exist the similarity of views that president obama and mitt romney showed during their foreign policy debate became a matter of numerous jokes on foreign policy it appears that all that's left for the presidential race is this one model. i mean at least we still get our choice of color but. the us mainstream media are entirely focused on the two party race the majority of americans know very little if anything about alternatives jule styne of the green party who i set down with before her arrest is not going to be represented on ballot papers in every state the american system is designed to

eliminate political opposition like some of the you know dictatorships that we criticize that have rigged political systems in many ways the american system has also read but in ways that are not as straightforward and with a like of interest from the mainstream media smaller parties see the deck stacked against them in a national vote but not only are americans stuck with a two horse race but they're also not guaranteed to get the president to the majority cast their votes for in the us presidential election a candidate can win the majority of the popular vote and still lose the election because it's not the popular vote but the electoral college that decides the outcome of the presidential election here so how does it work every state but made in nebraska gives the candidate a certain number of points and the winner has to collect the magic number two hundred seventy points even if a candidate loses a state by just say three votes they get zero points that's how george w.

bush won the election in the year two thousand although he lost in the popular vote he won due to the tricky state to stay score system according to a gallup poll a record forty percent of americans now identify themselves as independents the chief of the federal election commission on the george w. bush michael toner told me in the us electoral system they don't have much choice if you moved away from a winner take all electoral system and once or proportional representation i think you would have far more successful political parties here in the states because there are a large number of americans actually the most. most of the biggest share biggest increase in voter registration today in america is not democrats it's not republicans it's independents if you look at the states large numbers of people now are as independent now they often will vote pretty reliably republican or democrat but that's a pretty good indication that there's a million tens of millions of people who if they had their choice might pick

another party but one group that stands to win from the lack of choice are the corporations that contribute lavishly to political campaigns trying to buy support for their companies what we have in this country in many respects is covert corruption legalise corruption in the political system itself being held hostage by special interests is a form of corruption each candidate on the republican and democratic side now spend nearly a billion dollars each in order to get to the white house i mean i think our founding fathers would be spending it in their graves if they could see this while in office mr toner oversaw a campaign finance of the elections the most sophisticated companies what they do is they're in good shape no matter who wins right they hire lobbyists on both sides of the aisle they often make political contributions both sides of the aisle this is called hedging your bets here in america as you would say in las vegas. and in

vegas as they say no matter how you play the house always wins speaking of us selections one could say no matter how you vote business as usual wins it won't be business as usual during the alternative candidate is the bait this monday night the candidates will be here in this studio were chosen by online voters as the winners of the last third party debate held in chicago about two weeks ago we broadcast that debate live no mainstream us news channel did so an important point to make here is that by giving a media platform to these candidates does not mean that we're indorsing their views it's an honor for us to host the event as we're trying to show what others don't and we also think it's going to get a lot of viewers you're welcome to be one of them i certainly well from our debate ready or almost ready studio here in washington i'm going to. now don't miss this special event to watch the third party candidates debate live on r.t.e. this monday evening at nine pm. will two parties keep us politics

a one way street. or will new voices disrupt the power power and. what if america changes try. this election please god monday november fifth on our team. now from then man to bank clerks greece is set to contest standstill as a week of strikes and protests started in a debt ridden country it comes as the government plans to vote for a fresh package of cost cuts and tax hikes in order to get another cash injection from its international creditors are all over is in athens well it's been rather ominous lee called the devils weak in some parts of the greek media not stoop to the fact that nobody really knows what state greece is going to emerge from the coming days worth of protests strikes the potentially crippling austerity measures now the first strike is have walked we've seen taxi drivers some journalists and

others walking out on monday the main strikes though taking place on tuesday and wednesday that's when the main labor unions get involved taking industrial action and be out on the streets of athens as well as other cities around greece to protest against what they see as unfair measures being taken by the greece cover greek government as the government looks to save point five billion euros the reason that greece is having to do this is that they've been told to do this by their main creditors the so-called troika on sunday opposition politicians put it to mr summers why didn't you negotiate the terms of this next round of austerity measures with our creditors and he said well during the negotiation because it wasn't open for negotiation this was dictated to him by greece's lenders this prompted the opposition to say that they wanted to see new elections in greece and they called on the greek people to use the demonstrations coming. over the next few

days to rise up peacefully and take guns the country. and government struggle to plug holes in they are finances british m.p.'s are choosing the most exotic and expensive destinations for a luxury business trips they report on that later this. hour russia's foreign minister says western after it's over syria are so we aimed at inflaming the situation on the ground and carry out a regime change their gay lover off also said such opposition is only leading to further bloodshed in the rest of country. has the details. sergey lavrov is on a middle east tour after a tenuous cease fire in syria broke down during a tragically so during the holiday of aid from the very same day as russia is trying to restart diplomatic efforts to come to some sort of diplomatic solution to the syria crisis members of the fractured syrian opposition groups are meeting in qatar under u.s.

backed efforts to bring together a new opposition leadership a government this is something that people have interpreted to mean a splintering of the international community on how to resolve the syrian crisis that has earned the title quite harsh remarks from the foreign minister and he had said he had urged and comments to the press for folks to stick together to the agreements that the international community had come to in june that in the geneva declaration which had called among other things the creation of a transitional governing body he also in the inner furring to this u.s. backed effort especially accuse the west for giving up on their commitments by refusing to work with the syrian government on this issue working only with the opposition which he says is quote a path to a very dire situation. in geneva four months ago we all agreed to do is will say the same to the warring sides in syria. this is exactly what russia is

doing saying this to both the government and opposition groups some other nations both western and regional telling the opposition go game for eating you will cause is great you will win it's up to you to decide whose position is creating the danger of more and more deaths in syria. pressure this should have the force been to come to some sort of a diplomatic non military solution to this tragic crisis which unfortunately continues to unfold a day by day with more tragedies more casualties reported. on the nearly daily basis now the israeli army's own words after the fighting in neighboring syria raged closer to its border israel is increasingly concerned the conflict in the arab nation could become its business as well and as arena explains there are fears that a change in syrian power could lead to another war in the region. remember this. this. was

a generation of young people being number one france signing on to get back to despots a country in just under two years the rage against dictators seems to have turned in a new direction. the capital of the caliphate the capital of the united states if the arabs. the arab spring uprisings primarily sought to do away with their own regimes they now own creasing we seem to turn against israel with the old leaders out of the pictures the first new governments little to do with the old ways of tacit compliance if not friendship with israel's existence apparent that didn't escape israel should get used to a different middle east for all means and. i think that the most important thing is that the barak. coming to the fore with the muslim brothers it is definitely

definitely much more difficult middle east for as well spruance of the revolutionary spirits which took over the region appeared to have shot up even in places considered soon by israel here in the golan heights some twenty thousand troops consider themselves syrian their home country is just across the road has a daily reminder of the home they have lost and though it may be in the grips of a civil war many of them with gladly make their home in an unstable syria rather than in israel golan heights where annexed by israel during this a. de war with syria forty five years ago though the current unrest in syria is viewed differently by residents of this village they are united why one thought. israel is a stable country but we are historic you are part of the syrian nation and it's our culture we want to be on the syrian authority even under the suppressive regime we want to be part of syria before the civil war took over damascus was said to be

involved in talks over a peace accord with israel clinton's time ones to power in syria be transferred to the opposition the result will hardly mean peace and stability for tel aviv of course when assad was in full control the family in syria. knew what it's going to get from the family so to speak i mean the notion was what you see is what you what you see is what you get. although for residents of the golan heights the future of territory is much clearer in this period of the arab spring the two are prepared to burn bridges which will also for you know what. the golan will go back to syria what was taken and will have to come back and rule. it would go. golan heights protests across the arab world have drawn much attention from countries in the west but critics say it often smacks of double standards.

u.s. does not want to see its control over the region slip away by something. as the democratic aspirations of. washington turns a blind eye to thousands of protesters in kuwait while at the same time praising the opposition forces in countries such as syria and out later in the program. search but don't find wiki leaks is blocked from the u.s. national archives raising questions over the freedom of speech right here on our after a quick break. as his day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of story hundred sheep in the mountains and plains of t.v. thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he dition and familiar duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father has just made camp at their winter farms did setting up

his ute judicial to fenian round tent made of diskin. his beastly back amongst his family as his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving streams of plus to minus forty degrees celsius just that i has them there are certain difficulties there's not enough time for everything i'm almost alone my sister works with my mother my mother is seventy five she's very old and i miss mountains when i'm in town and i spend a lot of time here. most of us simply carrying out the work that his father did and his father before him nothing has changed over many many centuries and that's half the problem it's hard work and many people don't want to come into the industry now and that's where they fit their could die out altogether. it's difficult to manage everything alone i used to have people who helped me but they were no good they didn't take care of the sheep with all their hearts they hurt the cattle going on

with people leaving them coming to the countryside the region's government is having to act making the life of a herd and more attractive than promising largest subsidies for countryside and lie still and organizing cooperatives for the sale of day put out to ensure the hoda get the highest fair price i asked sympathizes with those youngsters leaving for an easier more profitable life they in their publics capital because ill but he no longer wishes to join them he enjoys his pasta way of life now looking for a helper who shares his enthusiasm but more time on his hands he says matter of fact he can start to look for a new wife. well

into the. science technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've got the future covered. more news today violence is once again flared up. in these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. china operations are old today. welcome back you're watching our teeth now local activists in kuwait say security forces have detained dozens of pro-democracy campaigners in the latest clampdown on

a rally and the gulf nation riot police used to stun grenades and smoke bombs against thousands of demonstrators who defied a ban on public gatherings protesting against new voting rules the opposition claims changes in the electoral system hand an advantage to the pro-government candidates in next month's election sunday's rally became the third major protest in the past few days political analyst eric draitser says gulf monarchies confidently take undemocratic measure as comfortable in the knowledge they have the support of the us government is terrified they look at protest movement developing in saudi arabia one that's continued to go on in bahrain we see the same around the arab world more generally and kuwait looks at itself or rather the government does and they see that they really stand no chance of maintaining our maintaining control of that country unless they are able to successfully suppress the end repress the opposition these are client states of the united states bahrain is the

u.s. fifth fleet the navy kuwait as we all go the role that it played in both wars against iraq kuwait is very much dependent on saudi arabia and the united states and so all of this is part of a geo political calculus of us that germany us does not want to see its control over the region slip away by something as piddling as the democratic aspirations of the people of the region. as just mentioned the bahraini regime continues to mute anti-government slogans on the street corner a website r.t.r. com find out the latest on the protests which have been ongoing for more than twenty months now. as the u.k. set for a clash with its partners over how much britain pays for its membership it seems there is still a chance to save taxpayers money back at home has been revealed that m.p.'s there are spending tens of thousands of pounds flying to exotic destinations with so-called fact finding missions artists are first reports. real time

miami we might all dream of getting off to some exotic destination but unfortunately in the middle of a double dip recession with the thirty measures. we're being kept to ground. for some lucky and peace even just think of the some of those fall flowing destinations of fact finding missions one fact that has been found is that these trips costing millions in taxpayers' pounds so take a look at the figures they regularly come in at more than forty thousand pounds per trip one chip singapore in china cost a whopping seventy two thousand pounds something has clearly gone wrong when you have a coach trip costing eight to ten thousand pounds per member of parliament on the trip there either. staying in luxury hotels when they could look at more modest accommodation or they're using business class travel when they could travel economy

like most of the rest of us not surprisingly the public's not impressed i certainly think it's excessive and i think they can say taking the piss but they're taking advantage there's absolutely no question can spend their way less than that because i find a good place if you have the patience to look on the right sites and if the m.p.'s need some advice on how to say the pennies the public has the. and that's when these jack. said to me. ok. thank you while we'd all love to us all into the sunset to help us with the economic crisis those excessive expenditures are going to leave many m.p.'s looking like they've simply got their heads in the clouds so the london. war stories are available on our website r.t. dot com including big in business big and games online we've got a story of one supermodel and her believe her husband planning to stage an elephant

polo match to mark the tycoon's fiftieth birthday. phosphate of black and orange dot com where we've lined out the story of one creepy crustacean perfectly colored four hour week. now the case of wiki leaks is once again hitting the headlines that's after the u.s. national archive blocked any search teams containing the name of the whistle blowing website the move on the recommendation of washington who was said to be protecting classified information about a leader of the u.k. pirate party believes what happened is a clear sign of censorship. mission of the library of congress to preserve a collective body of knowledge the job of any line to reach shortly should be to

share that knowledge well it's funny not surprising that such organizations that are under pressure actually can form to these kind of classification law but essentially this is still censorship and censorship laws actually stepping on freedom of speech we often see that united states is very quick to criticize and states a broad stepping on premium speech would seem an able to go to uphold a certain standard at home we can see how point the principle of a whistle blowing. journey is the man for democracy. watching r t let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world grenade attack on a church in kenya has claimed lives of a policeman fourteen other people most of them security officers were wounded the

country and the wider region have suffered a wave of similar deadly attacks in response to kenya sending troops to neighboring somalia to battle al qaeda linked insurgents earlier this year or two other churches were assaulted in the same town leaving eighteen people dead. eleven year old child has been killed and eighteen people injured after a bomb targeting a police vehicle exploded in southeastern turkey no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack the country's officials though put the blame on the kurdistan workers party which has been active in the region trying to attain sovereignty after a short break our special reports on the volunteers getting ready for the twenty fourteen olympics in the russian city of such.

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